Tandem Train RiderDec 9
Tyrone Slothrop

Uh, I didn’t see this coming:

Someone uses AI to create an image of a damaged bridge, and posts it on social media.

Rail operators have to stop their trains until someone can go out and check on bridge, confirming that it’s perfectly fine.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwygqqll9k2o

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Trains cancelled over fake bridge collapse image

Rail services were cancelled after a 'hoax' picture of a damaged bridge appeared on social media

Dec 7 at 9:24amWeb
Show thread⁂ Fish Id WardrobeDec 7

@slothrop @tferrer

> A BBC journalist ran the image through an AI chatbot which identified key spots that may have been manipulated.

jesus fucking christ.

Show thread🌈 breaking ranks.Dec 7

Wow, that's news... :(

Also I do NOT like the fact that this got written in that article:
"A BBC journalist ran the image through an AI chatbot which identified key spots that may have been manipulated."

Two things, one: Using AI on chatbot level to REsearch for another AI's mistakes, OK well, and then two: A BBC journalist uses "ran through" for a question they were asking a chatbot?! Is it just me who thinks that's kind of ... well ... unprofes ehm: the wrong expression?

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Show threadFrank ZimperDec 7

@slothrop

I was puzzled that it didn't happen in Wales, the URL must have misled me πŸ™‚

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Show threadTuchowskiDec 7
@fzimper πŸ˜‚ @slothrop @tferrer
Show threadfedops πŸ’™πŸ’›Dec 7

@slothrop @tferrer remember how a picture used to be worth a thousand words?

Yeah.

Show thread阜ζ—₯木Dec 7
@slothrop @tferrer if the. consequence of AI slops like these is for train company and public sectors to bring back really jobs as station staff and warden so real vision and inspection can be used to defend truth, then it may be a welcoming result to this terrible AI tech
Show threadPermissive_OrangeDec 7

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I wish this was on The Sun instead.

Show threadAlpaca404Dec 7

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"He urged people to consider hoaxes like this could have on real people"

At least the article isn't written by an LLM since it wouldn't make a grammatical mistake :/

Show threadAnna NicholsonDec 7

@slothrop @tferrer If that were real, it would be an impressive earthquake!

I don’t mean damaging the bridge.

Not even remodelling the foreground – with no trace of the railings, and a little art installation/well made out of the rubble. [Edit: this still looks wrong.]

No, building a whole house was the standout feature for me! πŸ˜‚ [Edit: I stand corrected. See following post.]

But the BBC journalist turned to generative AI to find out if this was generative AI. Yet another reason not to trust BBC news. *sigh*

Show threadCrazy PonyDec 7
@transponderings @slothrop @tferrer
On the photo of the real (undamaged) bridge the fence and ramp hints that the house is real, just outside of the visible image
Show threadAnna NicholsonDec 8
@crazy_pony @slothrop @tferrer I did wonder, but I couldn’t manage to reconcile the two, which seemed to be from a very similar vantage point.
Show threadAnna NicholsonDec 8

@crazy_pony @slothrop @tferrer I stand corrected.

Google Street View gives another reference point.

Show threadCrazy PonyDec 8

@transponderings @slothrop @tferrer
Relax :)

I had no intention to blame you or start a fight, i just wanted to say isaw that both pictures have slightly different angles and that way the house was just right outside of the visible area

Show threadeobetDec 7
@slothrop new type of realtime disinformation warfare... 😩
Show threadMichael αš‹αš”αš‰αš†αš“αšαš‚Dec 8
@slothrop @tferrer Oh brave new world.
Show threadNazaniDec 8
@slothrop @tferrer at this moment I'm watching a movie about a bank heist in which this type of diversion would fit perfectly.
Show threadJeremy MallinDec 15

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Wait till they start manufacturing evidence for criminal trials. 😬